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C hem aw a her heart and interest continues w ith us.
Tw o car-loads of flour were unloaded on M onday.
T h e rain y w eather in O regon is preferable to the
clear d ay s w ith a cold n o rth w ind.
S unday m o rn in g inspection of q u arte rs show ed well-
kept d o rm ito ries and room s generally.
E very pupil who left Chem aw a for the holidays re
turned prom ptly for school on the first.
Dr. A . R . E u n d ell, of th e U . S. A g ricu ltu ral De
p artm e n t, sp en t several days last week at Chem aw a
in sp ectin g the dairy d ep artm en t.
Since th e epidem ic of m easles subsided a m onth or
tw o ago th e school hospital is reasonably free of
p atients.
T he addition to th e assem bly hall is rap id ly assu m
ing shape. W e hope to use this splendid au d ito riu m
for the W a sh in g to n ’s B irth d ay en te rta in m e n t.
M r. C harles P ark er, of th e Y akim a reservation,
spent several days at Chem aw a v isitin g his d au g h ter
Josephine. M r. P ark er was one of the first pupils at
C hem aw a.
Miss S k ip to n has received a letter from M rs. T illie
M inesinger, who will be rem em bered bv her Chem aw a
friends as T illie S o u v ig n er. She w rites th a t she
expects to atten d th e A lum ni reunion this y ear.
Mr. R ichard E . Daly, of P ierre, S outh D akota, re
cen tly ap pointed to th e position of T each er of A g ri
c u ltu re , arriv ed on M onday to tak e up his w ork in
connection w ith th e farm . H e is accom panied by
M rs. D aly.
M r. G reer, of C arson, W ash in g to n , w ho accom
panied his two boys to school, was a g u est of M r. and
M rs. S m ith on S u n d ay . H e is a g rad u ate of C he
m aw a, secu rin g his diplom a in the early ’90s.
Miss M yrtle Sw oboda, d a u g h te r
Swoboda at C hem aw a, was m arried
of Salem on T h u rsd ay noon of last
of her p aren ts. Chem aw a friends
lations to th e y o u n g ccuple.
PAG E
of M r.
to Mr.
week at
ex ten d
and Mrs.
Paul G ary
the hom e
c o n g ra tu
T he sew ing d ep artm en ts are alm ost overw helm ed
w ith w ork th ese days. W ith uniform s, school and
w ork dresses, gow ns for special occasions, together
w ith blouses, aprons and a lot of other kinds of g a r
m ents to be m ade for nearly 300 g irls, ren d ers th a t
d ep artm en t a busy place.
P lans and specifications for tw o h ig h pressure 150
horse pow er boilers have ju st been received from the
B u rea u of M ines. A dvertisem ents will at once be
m ade and it is hoped the in stallatio n will not long be
delayed. An addition to the pow er house has been
authorized in w hich to house th e new boilers.
N ot long ago a le tte r was received from M rs. M.
E . Tliiesz, for m any years m atron at C hem aw a, and
whose splendid work in th a t capacity gave her s ta n d
ing second to none. She is now located at G an ett
P ark , M d., and w rites th a t alth o u g h a long wav from
Mr. S anders and little R euben have been ill for the
past w eek. Both are suffering from severe colds.
Mrs. A rm stro n g , Miss S k ip to n ’s sister, has been
sp en d in g a few weeks at Chem aw a. W e are glad to
have her here w ith us.
M r. C halcraft, S u p erin ten d en t at Siletz A gency,
spent an hour or so at Chem aw a on M onday w hile on
his way to P ortland, w here he w ent on G overnm ent
business.
W e are pleased to acknow ledge th e receipt of a m ost
in terestin g letter from a good friend of C hem aw a, M r.
J. B. Johnson, of C olfax, W ash. N o-one who is not
directly connected w ith our school has ever taken a
keener in terest in our w ork th a n has M r. Johnson d u r
ing the past eight or ten years and we appreciate it very
m uch.
Mrs. N ew love, upon her retu rn from T acom a, a n
nounced her m arriage to Mr. F ra n k R osenberger, who
is an em ployee at th e T u lalip In d ian School. A few
of her friends at Chem aw a were let into th e secret,
yet it was a su rp rise to th e m ost of them . All C he
mawa wish Mr. and
Mrs.
R osenberger m uch
happiness.
Miss S kipton gave a delicious chicken d in n er last
Sunday, T hose fo rtu n ate enough to be invited were,
Irv in g S hepard, A u relius T albot, Elwood T ow ner,
N ick H atch , H enry D arnell, Louise Y oung and
A n n a L oftus. It was a very enjoyable affair and th e
guests appreciated the kindness of Miss S kipton in
e n te rta in in g them so d elig h tfu lly .
S u p erin ten d en t Hall has been directed by th e I n
dian Office to visit the various schools in O regon in
the capacity of S upervising S u p erin ten d en t in con
nection w ith th e new course of stu d y and general in
spection. H e is a busy man as is the case w ith ev ery
one at C hem aw a, but-in case he feels lie cannot lie
spared, he is authorized to detail Mr. H am m ond, A s
sistant S u p erin ten d en t, io assist.
T h e U nion m eeting of the Y. M. and Y. W . C. A .
S unday evening was th e best we have held. T he topic
was " O u r aim for the New Y e a r.” L eader, F ra n k
Jo h n so n . T alks on different phases of the subject
were given by John Beyers. A llan S hepard, John M u r
ray, May A dam s, Russell A dam s, G eorge Law son, and
R eginald Downie. Special music was furnished by a
double q u artet and the S trin g Q uartet.
On T h u rsday th e w histle gave the fire alarm . In an
incredibly short tim e both hose carts w ere racing to
ward the fire h y d ran t near the p ru n e drier, m anned by
six boys each, w hile pupils were ru sh in g from b u ild
ings and elsew here, to line up before th e respective
buildings. T here was no excitem ent, but em ployes
and pupils were quietly and very quickly follow ing
out the fire regulations
It was ju st a drill, but no-one
knew of it except the S u p e r in te n d e n t and fire chiefs,
and it was efficientlv done.